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Criminality Among Narcotic Addicts in Baltimore: The Role of Nonnarcotic Drugs, 1973-1978 (ICPSR 8604)

Principal Investigator(s):Nurco, David

Summary:

This study investigated the frequency with which various
nonnarcotic substances were used by male narcotic addicts and the
relation of these substances to different types of criminal activity
during periods of active addiction and periods of non- addiction. The
variables were designed to facilitate an analysis of narcotic addicts
as crime risks, patterns of nonnarcotic drug use, and the percentage of
illegal income addicts obtained during periods of addiction compared
with periods of nonaddictio... (more info)

This study investigated the frequency with which various
nonnarcotic substances were used by male narcotic addicts and the
relation of these substances to different types of criminal activity
during periods of active addiction and periods of non- addiction. The
variables were designed to facilitate an analysis of narcotic addicts
as crime risks, patterns of nonnarcotic drug use, and the percentage of
illegal income addicts obtained during periods of addiction compared
with periods of nonaddiction. Information is included concerning types
of narcotic drug use, crime patterns, and use of marijuana, cocaine,
barbiturates, amphetamines, and Librium.

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Study Description

Citation

Nurco, David. Criminality Among Narcotic Addicts in Baltimore: The Role of Nonnarcotic Drugs, 1973-1978. ICPSR08604-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1986. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08604.v1

Scope of Study

Universe:
Population of known narcotic offenders arrested by the
Baltimore police department between 1952 and 1976.

Data Types:
survey data

Methodology

Sample:
The sample consists of 354 male narcotic addicts who were
selected from a population of 6149 known narcotic offenders arrested by
the Baltimore police department between 1952 and 1976. The sample was
stratified by race and year of police contact. These 354 sample addicts
were selected because they had used addictive narcotic drugs at least
four days per week for a period of more than one month. The majority of
subjects were heroin addicts.

Data Source:

personal interviews

Version(s)

Original ICPSR Release:1987-01-12

Version History:

2006-01-18 File CB8604.ALL.PDF was removed from any previous datasets and flagged as a study-level file, so that it will accompany all downloads.